Behind The Fangs

Summary: Layla Rose is Just your average everyday teen, but lately someone or something has been keeping an eye on her. She may not know it, but her life will soon change.

Chapter 1

"Stop!" That was the last word I ever heard my mother
say. It was about two years ago my father and mother got into a fight about
something ridiculous. "Jeremy, let me go!" For an unknown reason
father was worried mother was going to leave him. "Let me go!" She
yelled once more. While this was all happening I was hiding in the closet
terrified.

"You're not leaving me!" He told her. "If you want
to go that badly I'll help." Father walked over to the gun cabinet and
pulled out a pistol. Pinning mother up against the wall he held the gun to her
head.

"Stop!" Mother was crying and praying that he wouldn't
harm her, but there was no changing his mind. He pulled the trigger and mother
fell to the ground. There she lay pale and lifeless. Blood flowed onto the
ground staining the wood. Father stood over her dropping to his knees. He threw
the pistol down.

He grabbed mother and cried holding her in his arms. He picked
the pistol back up and aimed it for his head, and just like that both mother
and father were gone. It’s been a while since then. Now I live with my aunt
Dehniece and her son Justin. We live in a little village not that far from the
forest. It’s peaceful and doesn't have that many residents. I enjoy it here.

Two
Years Later...

"Layala! Supper time!" Aunt D yelled at me from
outside.

"Coming!" I yelled back to her from the flower meadow.
I sat up and ran over to Ian's house. It’s about five minutes away, so I didn’t
mind. "Hey! Come out!" I yelled at Ian. He came out from his house
and stepped out onto his porch.

"What do you
want?" He asked.

"Want to come over for supper?" Since our village is so
small we know most of our neighbors, and they don't mind if we go missing for a
little because they know we'll be with one of the other kids.

"Sure!" He ran inside and put on his shoes. "Race
you!" On the way home we tried taking a shortcut through the forest, but I
got separated from Ian.

I came across this path in the middle. I was tempted to go down
it, but I felt as if someone was watching me. That and Ian was calling for me.
When I finally found him we ran to the house. Aunty was inside at the dinner
table with Justin and his friend Braiden. We joined them and ate supper. Tonight
we had shepherds pie and for dessert we had bread pudding. When we finished Ian
and I went up to my room. "Let's go stargazing tonight." He told me.

"Okay, but we have to be home before 1:00 and we have to
bring the rifle." Ian looked at me a little confused. "We bring the
rifle because what if a bear comes at us, that and the new predators around
here."

One
Hour Later...

It was 11:49 p.m. "Let’s go." I whispered to Ian. We
snuck out of my bedroom window and ran as fast as we could to our special place.
It’s a little patch of grass in the middle of the forest and has the best view
of the stars. This was the first place we met. It was a few years ago, when I
first moved here. I came here crying because suddenly all of my emotions
devoured me. He sat there next to me and comforted me. Since then we have
officially claimed this spot. When we got to our spot I set the blanket on the
ground and Ian helped me spread it out.

We sat on the blanket and Ian lit a lantern. We both sat there
looking at the stars and pointing out constellations. While he was looking up I
looked directly at him. His black hair stood out and his bright blue eyes
sparkled in the starlight. That moment I realized how gorgeous he was and how
lucky I am to have him. He looked down at me. "What?" He asked
looking confused.

"Nothing." With that said we went back to looking at
the stars. After a little I began to become cold, and I think Ian noticed
because he told us that we should go home. "Bye." I told him as I
crawled through my window with the ladder.

I closed my window as quietly as I could so I didn't wake the
others, even though I'm sure that Justin and Braiden are still awake. I walked
into my bathroom brushed my teeth then put on a pair of blue flannel pajama
shorts and a blue long sleeve. I got under the covers and looked up at the
ceiling. I lay the quiet when I heard a noise outside. I got out of bed made my
way to the window. I looked out and there I saw a pair of glowing red and green
eyes.

I ran downstairs and out the door. Just like that the eyes were
gone. Luckily I didn’t wake mother. I slowly walked back into the house and
right as I entered I heard footsteps behind me. Without looking back I shut the
door and went back into my room, but when I got there was someone standing in
the middle of my room. Just like the pair of eyes I saw glowing outside his
were glowing red. Someone came up behind me tying my hands together and
blindfolding me. That was the last thing I remembered before everything went
black.

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